PATME

Peter Williams is a Post-doctoral Research Associate, based in the Department of Information Studies at University College London, UK. He is currently working on the MIRRA+: Memory – Identity – Rights in Records – Access (phase two) project. Prior to this he completed a three year full-time Post-doc Fellowship from the British Academy, entitled ‘Digital Lives’,  investigating the role of ‘digital technology’ (mobile phones, laptops, apps, social media etc.) in the lives of of people with learning disabilities. This culminated a long period of researching the use and value of Information Technology (in particular, the Internet) by people with learning disabilities. He completed his PhD in this area in 2013. In addition to his learning disabilities work, Pete has investigated the use of the Internet and other ICT applications in the fields of education, health, scholarly communication/research, and the news media.

Prof. Dr. Iryna Sekret, PhD in Educational Psychology and Foreign Language Education, Professor in Education Studies, is Chair of the Board in STARTINFORUM International Project Management and Business Consultancy Company (Turkey), Committee Chair of IATELS, Director of English IATELS International English Academy. During her professional life she has been teaching and conducting research within foreign languages, translation and language studies, educational and organisational psychology, ICT in education and online learning in different universities of Ukraine and Turkey. She has a wide organisational and administrative experience, gained while heading the university departments and other administrative units, coordinating international educational and research projects. Prof. Dr. Iryna Sekret is a member of the organising committees for a number of international conferences, a member of the reviewing and editorial boards of international academic journals. With more than ten years of experience in e-learning, she has been conducting research in MOOCs for different purposes, ICT in education and, namely, in training teachers and translators, participating in a number of the international projects on Online Pedagogy and Teaching English. Her research and educational interests are in FLT methodology, educational and organisational psychology, e-learning.

Prof. Parasar, Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Fine Arts, Media & Journalism, Law is Commonwealth Academic Fellow. She is CMI Level V Management & Leadership Trainer (United Kingdom), Ph.D., MBA, M.Sc. Anthropology (Gold Medal), M.A. Sociology.
Prof. Anuradha Parasar’s work experience spans over 25 plus years in academia and academic administration. She is one of the founding Faculty member for various Universities.
Dr Parasar has extensive research contribution through books, Self - Learning Materials, Policy Handbooks, Research papers, Edited book and Case Studies.
Since 2010 Prof. Parasar has run successfully various campaign and movements for creating awareness about social problems & issues.
As multi-perspective person, she takes keen interest in promoting Yoga, Indian Traditional Medicine System – Ayurveda, Social Welfare Planning & Management, Community Connect, Nature Connect, Rural & Tribal Connect etc.

Hui-Wen Huang, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the Fujian University of Technology, China. She has M.A. in TESOL and M.S. in learning technologies and design from Taiwan and US respectively. Dr. Huang received her Ph.D. in Education from the University of Idaho, USA. Her research interests focus on technology-enhanced language learning, flipped online learning, novel technologies for effective teaching and student assessment, affective factors in cross-cultural online classrooms.
Dr. Huang has published about 20 academic articles in SSCI-indexed journals and international conference proceedings indexed by EI Compendex. She actively serves as a reviewer in academic journals and international conferences. Recently, she has been working with different scholars in Japan and the US to help EFL learners enhance their speaking and writing abilities with implementing cross-cultural learning exchange projects since spring 2020.

Dr. Mustafa Caner is an Associate Professor in Open and Distance Education in Higher Education and currently working at English Language Teacher Education Department at Akdeniz University, (Turkey). Dr. Caner holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in ELT from Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey, and a Ph.D. degree in ELT from Anadolu University, Turkey. His areas of research include issues concerning foreign language teacher education, technology use in foreign language education. He has various research articles published in international refereed journals and book chapters covering topics such as blended learning, distance education, and teacher education.

Dr. Joseph Anthony Narciso Z. Tiangco is an associate professor of psychology at Shu-Te University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. He has over 20 years of teaching experience and has served in various administrative roles. In 2016, he and his wife founded a non-profit organization called the Taiwan Love and Hope International Charity, which provides charitable services and programs for marginalized children and their families.